FDA Week - 08/11/2017

OTC Industry Source Skeptical About Lumping Cosmetics Into User Fees

August 10, 2017

An over-the-counter (OTC) industry source expressed concern over calls that OTC monograph reform legislation include cosmetics regulations, saying that could slow things down and detract from the goal of getting the legislation passed as soon as possible. The source also argued that given the overlap of some products in the OTC and cosmetic space, there could be issues with doubling up of fees if the two programs were combined into one user fee program, and some cosmetics groups are not...